Monthly Archives: January 2009

Themes for Guitar and Voice – Vol. 2

I’m pleased to announce the unveiling of my sixth Caustic Reverie album, Themes for Guitar and Voice – Volume 2. This installment is a diverse collection ranging from ethereal drones to crushing walls of feedback.

1 PlayHeatstroke 6:26
2 PlayMeditate/Medicate 8:44
3 PlayPull 10:44
4 PlayNepenthes18:44
5 PlayThe Fountain 8:29
6 PlayLullaby 3:51
7 PlaySmother 5:10
8 PlayUrbex 5:52

I had actually finished this before the end of the year but I’ve been waiting on Jamendo to finish getting it uploaded. It’s been over a week and still no album so I’ll just post this with the last.fm links for now.

The Eleventh Hour Radio Best of 2008 show

Simon Says – “Tardigrade”
Daylight Dies – “Woke Up Lost”
The Tangent – “Bat out of Basildon”
Steven Wilson – “Significant Other”
Magenta – “Blind Faith”
Canvas Solaris – “Patterns Spiral into Swarm”
Pineapple Thief – “Shoot First”
Ephrat – “Blocked”
Tiles – “Sacred & Mundane”
Demians – “Naïve”
Opeth – “Porcelain Heart”
Moonbound – “Nina”
Ayreon – “Ride the Comet”
Lunatic Soul – “The New Beginning”

And now for my top tens for 08:
2008 Metal Albums

Daylight DiesLost to the Living
OpethWatershed
EnslavedVertebrae
Amaseffer – Exodus: Slaves For Life
Ayreon01011001
Canvas SolarisThe Atomized Dream
IhsahnangL
SuspyreWhen Time Fades
PyramazeImmortal
AndromedaThe Immunity Zone

2008 Prog Albums

DemiansBuilding an Empire
Steven WilsonInsurgentes
MagentaMetamorphosis
Simon SaysTardigrade
The TangentNot As Good As The Book
EphratNo One’s Words
Lunatic SoulLunatic Soul
Pineapple ThiefTightly Unwound
MarillionHappiness is the Road, Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder
MoongardenSongs from the Lighthouse

Eleventh Hour Playlist for 12-21-08

King Crimson – “Three of a Perfect Pair (Live)”
Gallery – “Sarin and Airplanes”
Retrospective – “Enemy World Vision”
Greg Lake – “I Believe In Father Christmas”
Brainstorm – “Surrounding Walls”
Genesis – “The Fountain of Salmacis”
Orphaned Land – “Norra el Norra (Entering the Ark)”
Sylvan – “Questions (Live)”
Skyclad – “Fainting by Numbers”
Agua de Annique – “Trail of Grief”